When one contemplates how
the "show about nothing" could be so comical
one starts to wonder just how nothing can provide such an
interesting topic for the comedies of life. In life
something is what people think about. People worry about
details or they worry about the big picture. The little
nothings that trouble people only for a single moment of
a single day are quickly forgotten. Rather its a place to
hide at work or a bad day with a coworker little nothings
are soon forgotten. Seinfeld takes those little nothings
and combines them to create something which is truly
something.

From a logical perspective nothing is a
mathematical impossibility. You never truly have 0
percent of anything, as you always have a small fraction
of all other things by the inherant nature of matter and
the atom. Nothingness is as close to a thing realized in
practice as is infinity. From this vantage point to have
"nothing" created in such a way as to allow for
the creation of bountiful and infinite storylines and
laughter seems logical. If "nothing" is close
to everything, then why call it just something when
nothing is nearly as likely to exist as infinity? A show
about something seems rather lame as all shows claim to
be about something. So a show about nothing was born. The
writers of Seinfeld without doubt understood the inherant
similarities between nothing and infinity. From
nothingness came everything if you believe in the big
bang theory. If you believe in creationism then god
created everything from nothing. Again nothing seems to
lie at the heart of all great creations.

In life its not about how much substance one has.
Rather its about how much one does with the knowledge of
one's own nothingness that one soon acquires. In
Seinfeld, George wrestles with the knowledge of his
limitations as a short, bald, fat man, who can't attract
the right girl. Kramer struggles with the knowledge that
he has not fully realized one well crafted scheme in his
life. Elaine worries with the fact that she can not hold
onto a good boyfriend for long, nor a good job. Jerry
ponders the lives of his nothing friends as well as his
own Lex Luthurs which seem to always thwart his plans to
find his own Lois Lane and live the life of Superman.

The fabulous four contemplate the nothingness which
life has granted them. Cramped in small apartments in New
York, living as worker ants, or scheming lunatics, the
four live a life of nothingness. Buddism and Hindusim are
religions which believe an individual should strive to
achieve nothingness or a state of absolute peace with the
universe. For the four main characters of Seinfeld, just
coming to terms with nothingness is an adventure in and
of itself.

Seinfeld takes writing to a whole new level. As a
comedy aimed at those more intellectually inclined to
remember things and plots, the show creates an identity
among the lives of others who watch at home as
nothingness unfold before them. The more viewers witness
the nothing of Seinfeld, the more they see the bounties
of infinity which life can offer via laughter and plans
for tomorrow. In this manner Seinfeld delivers the gift
of "nothingness" that has transformed the lives
of millions around the world.